When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia. The efforts to bring about federation in the mid-19th century were dogged by the lack of popular support for the movement.
Finland Population 2017. Finland is one of five Nordic countries located in Northern Europe, where it's bordered by Norway, Sweden, Russia, Estonia and the Gulf of Finland. Finland has an estimated population of 5.46 million in 2015, which ranks 115th in the world.
Location: Spoken in Sweden and in Finland (mainly coastal region). There is also a small minority of speakers in North Western Estonia. Number of Speakers: 10.5 million worldwide..2 million inhabitants speak it as mother tongue (no official language registration). In Finland there are around 291,219 speakers, which is 5.4% of the population and they register themselves as Swedish-speaking (date from 31.12.2011).